Open source software (OSS) is probably the best known exemplar of open innovation, with many practitioner-oriented publications having debated the merits and drawbacks of OSS in recent years. Nevertheless, much of the ...

There is a common perception that, while there may be some 'teething' problems experienced
during the initial transition to agile, people are much happier, engaged and ultimately more
productive in these environments. ...

This paper investigates the tightness of budgetary control over projects in a large systems development multinational. This represents a case of extreme information systems development (ISD) failure en masse, where all but ...

The central thesis of this paper is that Mathematical Economics can
provide a novel approach to the examination of offshoring business decisions and
provide an impetus for future research in the area. A growing body of ...

The growth and popularity of e-commerce has both challenged and enabled public sector
organizations to redefine their levels of service. E-government provides unparalleled
opportunities for governments to streamline ...

The concept of an innovation space where different knowledge and perspectives can interact leading to innovation is central to lean thinking. The SECI framework of organizational knowledge creation identifies five enabling ...

A recent biographer has described the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas as being permeated
by one simple but profound theme: western philosophy has at best ignored and at worst
suppressed the ¿Other¿. The approach of this ...

The article discusses the findings of research on the prevalence of technophobia amongst older adults in Ireland. The study was conducted using questionnaires which consisted of computer anxiety rating scale form C (CARS-C), ...

This paper examines the implications for research on the diffusion of innovations (DOI) arising from a growing body of literature in two related fields. The first area concerns the debate on the role of regional and national ...

Time is one of the most important factors dominating agile software development processes in distributed settings. Effective time management helps agile teams to plan and monitor the work to be performed, ...

New Public Management (NPM) is a set of private sector management principles which have had a significant impact in the shaping of policy reform agendas in many governments. This article seeks to understand the influence ...

This report summarizes the key findings from a workshop at the 10th International Conference on Agile Processes and eXtreme Programming in Software Engineering (XP2009) called "Agile Research" A 7-Year Retrospective", ...

Speech enabled business applications are characterized by complex implementations
that bring together language processing technologies, applications
development, and end-user psychology. Resilience is critical to ...